Books by Kate Summerscale
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English
review 1: I had a hard time getting through this book. The material was interesting which made parts of the book easy to get through, but it was bogged down by a lot of details. Too many details. I think all the extra details were supposed to help paint a picture for that time in society, ...
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English
review 1: The book brings out clearly the way women were almost totally powerless, owning nothing that their husbands could not take away. One of the earliest divorce cases outside the ecclesiastic courts or parliament, the trial and it's result are quite fascinating. I didn't realise just...